 Hey, good morning, John and Jafina, right? Let's begin this time with a word of prayer and We'll get into our session Father, we thank you once again for this wonderful opportunity. You've given us. We thank you for your wisdom for your grace Lord for everything that you've done for us Lord and you're doing in each of our lives a Lord we just commit this time into your hands even as we study and learn and Bring this course to a completion Lord. We pray that you will Lord continue to deposit in our hearts and our spirits the things of God And Lord we just ask for a greater greater measure of Anointing a greater measure of your grace Upon each of our lives Lord in Jesus name. We pray Amen. Amen All right, so this class I Just thought we'll just do the the appendix and Chapter 29 just wanted to talk a little bit on how to You know create a survey when it comes to you know before planting a church before launching out. It's very important we talked about you know preparing preparing a survey looking out and You know the practical aspects and also the spiritual aspects So what I what we'll do this session is we just quickly You know, just take look at an overview of how we can build a survey and How the survey will help us going forward when it comes to you know church planting and Building ministries within the church as well and also after that we will I think we will Just open it up if there's any questions if not then we can bring this course to a completion What we would like to do is what I'll do is towards the end Oh We will I will you know put the Final assessments probably by the end of this week or maybe early next week It's going to be simple questions very practical questions. It's going to be again an open book exam. So So you can spend some time studying and reading and just learning so so let's get into this portion of In chapter 29 on your notes if you have your notes with you Just simple sample survey. It's done many years back, but the reason it's put here is To help us understand how to build a survey Sometimes when you think about a survey, it's not just okay. What are the shops around? What are the models around? It's not that it's not about Yes, we look at colleges malls all of that, but when we build a survey, you know, it gives us direction as to How to build your ministry? What are the points where you can you know permeate places where that you can penetrate as a church? So let's look at this. Okay chapter 29 now. This is for Bangalore I don't many of us are not in Bangalore. Maybe you are in different towns and different cities But you can use this as a as a framework to build your Survey, right? Okay. First one background information You know, where which what is the city all about? What is is it is it recognized for so here in the notes? You see Bangalore's home to well recognized educational institutions research institutions And it's the nation's leading IT exporter. So so first thing in your background, you have at least three, you know, so for example, you're in a Tire-two city, right? Maybe another city in a in a different nation So you look at maybe two or three areas where that city is Recognized for what that city is recognized for right so for example if you go up to other states in India If you go up Varanasi Uttar Pradesh, right? You know, okay That's a place where these are the challenges, but what is it well known for it's known for, you know It's it's a religious. It's a pilgrim center for the Hindus and And so you've got a lot of religious things that are happening there You also know that Varanasi is when you talk about Uttar Pradesh. It's a belt that is You know, look seeing very fast growth in terms of commercial Work that's happening. So you look at the demographics, which whichever city you're in look at How you can, you know, what a maybe you can pick up three places, okay? Three areas that as a church before I plant these are three areas that I can, you know Look towards I can, you know, target these this audience now It's not necessary that you have to have this and only then plant the church. No, so Remember revelation is can come while we are working while we are doing things, right? And and we grow from strength to strength grace upon grace Precept upon precept line upon line. So even as you plant a church You during the course of the planting, you know, you you can build on this survey that you have already made Right. So whichever city you're in look at What that city is known for now some of us may say hey, this city is not known for many things Maybe it's it's a small city That's all right, right you can just look I'm sure that even if it's a small city you have educational institutions You will have, you know, working professionals. So look at how you can Penetrate those sections. So for example, Mumbai, right? If you if you talk about in our nation of Mumbai, or how can we penetrate in that kind of a city? You know, it's one of the most expensive cities in India Or if you look at other countries like, you know, Africa or Australia, New Zealand, all of these countries and just cities in those countries What are areas that I can penetrate through to Plant and build the church. We have some background information Right, then you look at civic administration, but what is happening in the city population very important, right? population meaning what is Sorry pollution control here, but I want to talk about population population is very important to understand Right now that comes under demographics, right? So you've got slums. You've got the high working high-end working the mediocre the The lower middle class and then you've got the lower class, right? So you've got different sections of society. How will you penetrate through them? Now? Remember When you plant a church or when you have a ministry, there'll be times when You know a certain group of people will, you know, get attracted or get connected to the church right so for example, you have a church which is You know, it's more of fellowship and more of, you know A lot of life groups and cell groups a lot of meetings Everyday, there's some meeting or the other fasting and prayer praise and worship Now it's most likely that you know corporate folks may not be able to attend all of that but I'm not saying they won't come to church, but You will have these different sections of society So we must be able to Minister to those sections. Then what is the culture of the city? The social demographics When it, you know, one of the topics that you can study is world religions, right? When you study world religions, you will begin to understand what is happening. What what are the different religions of this world? What is the demographics? What do they believe in? And then how can you as a as a ministry reach out and Minister to these people. So if you see here in your notes, our social geography says 79.4 percent of Bangalore's population as Hindu, 13 percent are Muslims 5.8 percent are Christians and And 1.1 percent Jains, right? So you have all of this different religions. So how can I minister to these people Now remember that even as you're making the survey you may feel Man, how how how can I you know the percentage is so big? I'm just not even started. How can I reach out? now You know this sharing about the blueprint, right? When we have a blueprint It's good. We know what we're working towards, right? So if you're building a house and the architect gives us a blueprint so you know exactly what the house is going to look like because you have the blueprint and When you have a blueprint of the city the church And how you want to build your church? You're working towards it. You know, okay This is what I want to see in my church, right? Then you look at the quality of life social economic issues. I look at Bangalore And and other cities and those who are from other countries you look at, you know, look at read about it Read about what's happening. What is the quality of life? What is the cost of living? You know, is it a cosmopolitan city? What are other expats meaning? Are there people coming from different parts of the city different parts of the of the country coming in, right? I know John is in Mangalore, but one of the things that I realized was That city had people coming in from Korea Because it was an educational happy we're coming in from Korea from Africa There was some some of them who came in from China those I Think the other country was Malaysia, right Dubai From East so you have people coming from all over the world to study in the small city Right. So so we must understand. Okay. This is where people are coming from This is what I must do to reach out to these people right then you have expats here African students people from different parts who come into study to work Then you look at moral values of the of the city Now remember the moral values in different it may be the same country, but different cities have different kinds of moral values right Some some people are favorable in a certain cities. Some are not favorable. Some may favor gay and lesbians Some may not favor gay and lesbians, right? Some may favor Sex before marriage some may not right so in a city Sorry in this country different states different cities may have different moral values, right? So you got to understand about What their value systems are Then you look at the different kinds of Arts of living the the culture the the pub culture and all these things that are happening Especially in urban settings, right you so addictions What are what are the problems that children are going through? Women are going through young men teens youth And so when you put all of this together It will really help you to understand. Okay It also gives you a sense of humility. It gives you a sense of wow There's so much to achieve. There's so much to so many doors that are there. There's so much of opportunity and There's a sense of okay I can't do this on my own But I need God and I need God to help me and to lead us So so it's very good to do this, right? So if you're planning to start a church start a ministry I have this background information ready with you, right? It's not like you're going back to it every week and saying, okay This is what no, maybe every three months every six months. You can go back to it and see, okay These are areas that are yet to be touched Lord Open doors for me. These are areas that are that we have already gone through Lord give us many more opportunities As a church and so what happens is as a as a ministry as a church, you're able to expand so it's not only You know my church my people building up my people remember the stages of church growth We talked about the apostolic church right towards the end. You're a church that goes out Reaches out It's more of giving more of doing rather than just for the sheep inside The church, right? So I don't explain too much about this because it's more towards Bangalore, but I'm sure you got get the idea Make sure that you Prepare well Before you start your ministry. So before we close today I I just wanted to quickly go through I do a quick review of Everything that we have done and then as I mentioned those who are not here We will close this course today. I'll put put up the assignment the final assessment It'll be a hundred mark assessment open book exam. I'll put the due date as well so you can you know write it on on a word doc just to upload it and Make sure you do that before the due date, right? So let's just quickly review right and then we'll close in prayer So we talked about the Holy Spirit as our leader Right. We labor God gives the increase chapter 2 chapter 3. We talked about the definition and Objectives of church planting right the church. Why are we planting the church? It is to Build a community of believers church is not so that everyone call us pastor or just so that we get recognition of fame It is about discipling about building God's kingdom advancing God's kingdom to different territories And it's it's a spiritual battle, right? Chapter 4 we talked about God's heart for the city Jesus wept over Jerusalem and you and I must Develop a heart for the city. We must desire to see the city saved We must desire to see nation to see people saved community saved So without the heart for the city We will not be we're concerned about the city, right? So we must we must have that we must pray and ask God God Reveal reveal things that I must do for the city. Give me a heart for the city that I may intercede For the city right and very importantly we look at natural dynamics right how to You know how to When we are building a church before building a church before starting up we we look at the Dynamics the economy the the education all of those natural things And areas of need how to develop strategies how to plan out all of those are the natural and then you've got the spiritual aspects Chapter 6 You know we talked about How Satan attempts to kill Steve and destroy he wants to destroy the work and so as a Pioneer as a as a ministry leader as a pastor you and I must be able to Be strong Be anointed of God. We must ask God God should be the source of our strength Remember that the battle is a spiritual battle Right chapter 8. We talked about how to get started. You get a core team Have a core team You prepare from a distance meaning you may be elsewhere You may be doing a lot of research online and then there'll come a time you go on site You prepare financially don't make the mistake of just saying I want to start and then say, you know I I need funds for you know buying your music system for chairs Prepare financially make sure you have everything To start off with right now the mistake people make is that they hate God told me this I got told me to start. So I I'm quitting everything I'm doing and I'm going to start Now God may tell us to do things But God is also giving us given us wisdom, right? So we need to plan it out. Okay. God is telling me to do this Okay, so I'm gonna give one year or two years I'm gonna prepare myself financially prepare for the things that are needed for my family for the church Then I'm going to step out planning for personal needs Planning for legal and administrative matters like we talked about this, right? how many churches Don't even have a trust are not even registered with the government and I shared a few examples of how there was persecution to churches and They could not even go to the police station and file a complaint because they were not a registered trust and so It just became You know, it just became so complicated. It's a very simple thing Nowadays you got lawyers. You got they do everything. So remember to get the legal administrative and regulatory matters done Effectively and properly Right, then we looked at chapter nine, which is a survey phase you survey You'll have to step out. You'll have to go you'll have to Probably walk around See what's happening, right? You can of course you can do it online as well But the survey is more of going out looking at places, right? And then the preparation phase Right pre-launch meetings normally you can have at least three to six months of praise and worship prayer is coming together And then after that you, you know, you slowly get people to come and along with the co-team You launch identify a place Get the place confirmed And then you get into the launch phase or you can also do a house church model for maybe a year or so And then move into the launch phase In the launch phase The the first service very important, right? You share the vision Share what God has put in your heart. Don't be afraid to share what what God has put in your heart, right? You may have only five people and imagine you're telling those five people Hey, one day we will be five thousand now. Don't be ashamed of it, right? It is a vision which Doesn't it doesn't cost you anything to have a good vision, right? It's it's it's good to have big visions. It's good to have big dreams So share everything share. What is your plan your vision your focus for the next five years ten years? Uh, put it out Right when you put it out you share the vision, you know, there will be people who will catch that vision, right? Um, and then as you journey along when you start off plan for good follow-up Right again, I shared with you the different follow-up methods we have Right, uh, when we talk about uh, first time visitors we have follow-up one first follow-up one follow-up two And then we connect them to a life group welcome call follow-up one follow-up two and then we connect to a Uh volunteer team or a life group. So I have things set in place So reason why imagine you have your first service you had to maybe two months have gone in You've got some new people and you're wondering. Hey, what do I do with these new people? How do I connect with them? What do I say? So you must be well prepared before that, right? Different strategies for urban evangelism You we need to develop different strategies for different age groups children's church Uh, you got the teens the gen Z Right, we must be able to you know, we can't say hey gen Z is not in the bible. So I can't You know, I can't connect to them. No, you've got to be able to connect to them Whether they gen Z gen y The bible provides for everything right, so you got to be able to Relate to them right and you get people In your team teach them or maybe there we god will send people who will you know personally for me Uh, you know children's church is not my cup of tea not at all, right? I remember going there going to children's church leading worship in children's church and it was really hard for me I just knew it was not something for me But there are some of them who are called to do that and they do it so beautifully Right, they do it so wonderfully. So god will send people Right and same way with teens and youth god will send the right people Right. So young how do I uh reach out to married people young couples senior citizens single women single men uh Different strategies as a pioneer you cannot let your mind be at rest Or at a at a pace where it's you know, just a straight line thinking. Okay. Everything's going well. No It may be going well, but pioneer is a visionary. He keeps he or she keeps looking out for opportunities right, uh, I so this this should be uh intentional It should be done in a way that is Uh, you know that I I should be able to build the ministry I especially, you know, initially we will do that. But what about 10 years down the line sometimes we say, okay Ministry is going on. No, you've got to be able as a pioneer to Be influential to share the vision to to keep spreading that vision, right? Now new ways of ministry must be encouraged as a pioneer All right, so there'll be times people will come up and give ideas in your church Think about it pray about it. If it's something god is leading you towards do it I love what uh happened every time I read that it just gives me goosebumps Joseph was in the prison. He comes out He explains the dream to the uh to the pharaoh What does the pharaoh say? pharaoh says Since you are the you are the one who interpreted it. So you're the best one who can handle this whole situation and became second in command over entire egypt Right, so don't be afraid to hear from people Right, uh, don't be afraid to give people opportunities right, don't be afraid to bring correction all of it is part of Raising up the church and the ministry Right strategies use different Tools that are available instagram facebook performing arts dance Art and craft use all of these right I remember 2010 2009 2010 we had Very strong performing arts team. We would go into colleges And we would you know lead the worship just to three hours to three songs of worship And then the performing arts team would come in and they would do a skit or a dance We're really powerful just portraying the whole message of the gospel Now sometimes we didn't even need to preach because that whole You know skit was so powerful that people were touched. These are young people right youth who are They're 19 20 19 to 20 21. That's it Right, uh, and so use these tools use the leverage tools that god has given us Right, then we looked at very importantly the seven mountain assignment right now The seven mountain is is Our family Religion education media arts and entertainment business and government Now as a church Our vision whatever our vision and mission is we must Be able to or we must be willing to penetrate all spheres of influence It's not like i'm a church that will only minister to family Or i'm not a church that will only reach out to education. No So We need to be able to reach out to all seven spheres of influence now the question may come up How do I reach out to the government? Or how do I reach out to you know, uh, maybe media Through media. Okay churches can do that. How do I reach out to uh economy businesses? How do I reach out and we need to come up with strategies? Like how can we reach out right now? We may not know all of the answers but Remember that god is a god who can give us open doors Who can give us opportunities? Right, so we talked about a two-fold process here In terms of the seven mountain assignment one was The the challenges that we see There will there will be times there will be no doors open There will there be times when there will be too much of persecution Or or there'll be just times when nothing is working out, but it's okay We still have the vision ahead of you Who is the process when you talk about the process it is preparation Modeling it teaching what whatever we are doing You know in terms of reaching out we we prepare we do it with integrity excellence kindness uh treating one another equally And then the third way is through preparation. You prepare your heart You guard your motors. You have spiritual preparation and you have natural preparation Spiritual is basically tapping into the things of god the anointing of the holy spirit Natural is developing skills And demonstrating excellence Right a picture this right just an example You've been praying god open doors for me in colleges example As a ministry suddenly god opens a door for you and they say okay now you'll have to speak to 500 students And then if I've not prepared If the natural preparation is not done, what am I going to do? I'm going to be very weary and shaky and It's going to be a challenge So Here comes the important part when you know you're praying for something You got to also prepare Naturally for it Right develop your skills develop your abilities on how to speak now speaking in church Is completely different from speaking in colleges and in corporate section sectors We cannot say open to john 3 16. No We we need to be very wise And we need to know how to speak so you got to prepare You know ask god for ideas ask god for Strategies ask god. How am I going to you know? Put pray or bring out this Example or the story of god from god's word. How am I going to bring it out in a meaningful way? And we got to be Very very alert. We got to be wise and ask god. You know god is the source of all wisdom God is the one who can open Our minds give us thoughts give us ideas Right and so all we need to do is pray ask god then we prepare ourselves Right fourthly we position ourselves That means we position ourselves to be a transformer influencer catalyst a trend set up That means we we position ourselves not only personally but also as a church Okay, we are a church that's going to bless people and going to you know be a Change in the society Right then chapter 14. We talked about stages of growth and we spent a lot of time on this very very very important But yet very powerful Talked about the pioneering stage in stage one He's just building the church four five people And then there'll come a time when you may reach a hundred hundred and fifty people Then comes administrative organizational structure remember we I shared about you know to Do a one conference? We work six months prior Right and there's a whole list of things that we do Before one conference and six months First is First is the e-mailer the e-mailer goes out. This is the event block your calendar After that is two Sundays On the video announcements on Sundays Then after that goes out an e-mail goes out for the registration link Then after after the registration link is a reminder e-mail Then finally in the six month six month is Final reminder or an encouragement to register and so by the time All of this is happening and the background is the administrative work. Okay, so the conference Maybe one week before the conference. We have a number. Okay 150 people have registered So the administrator team does the other work You got you know the speakers who are coming Making sure they have the stay at a place Then you know the food the venue everything is done Getting the organization Into a structure now. Why is this important? What you do in the beginning of your pioneering stage Will last almost a year Of course, you can tweak you can you can make changes But you're setting the Stage in your administrative Time right so There will come a time when as a church you may need to hire people Right because administration involves many things right And so you may have to do that but do it it's needed Then is a pastoral team stage team ministry or senior pastor say that means Uh, it's no more one person handling the church. You have a pastoral team Or if you have different locations Associate pastors are there One of the associate pastors you have team team leaders or team ministry leaders right then You go to the next stage, which is the equipping and the building stage. So The leaders raise up other leaders and we're building up more and more leaders Within the church. So it's no more People just sitting in church receiving and going back now We want to come to this mindset of everyone Must be raised up to become leaders Then is the apostolic stage where You know, the church is just going out going to new places sending it's very little to do within the church But it's more doing to do outside of the church Right now now we must understand which stage we are in And work accordingly right so for example if we are At 50 people Right example right just an example and we have an administrator. We have two three people in administration. It's not required Now imagine you have 500 people and you have one Administrator one one person handling the whole thing. It's going to be very difficult right so you go to and show that at the right time right things have done and and See in ministry, it's okay to make mistakes Right and it just helps us to become better. It helps us to grow Remember God is bigger than our mistakes, right? We will make mistakes Right and then you go back you make changes and it just continue to what god what god is Teaching us to do Then then finally we just become a self-sustaining church Things just keep moving discipleship equipping missions uh Just the wheels keep going in motion But here's the time when we should be Very careful that we don't do things which is redundant meaning shouldn't be like okay. I'm just doing it Because it's being done. No, we need to be make sure that there's fruit out of everything that we do Right then is a multiplication and branching branching out new churches uh In different places you can plant new churches Either within the city outside the city In different parts of the nation again, uh, those churches can either be independent or they can be campus churches or they can also work under the home church like follow the same pattern of the home church, but Uh, but it's important to also look at planting other churches Right, so we look at spiritual battle right the Enemy tries to stop the church So you and I are in for a spiritual warfare right Uh, that means ministry is not a bed of roses Right, it's going to be hard work. It is going to be challenging the enemy will come He it's a battleground. He will come he will try to Bring confusion. He will try to bring fear intimidation But as believers remember we are already victorious It already standing strong Uh, god is with us his promises. He will build our church The gates of hell shall not prevail. So you exercise spiritual authority Go back to god whenever we fall down whenever we fail Can always run back to god and say god. I know you're with me But never lose hope never feel that as a leader you're alone and uh now You know, I I know that in leadership sometimes we don't have people to talk to Uh, you know, we always are on the receiving end. We keep hearing people's problems and praying for them Sometimes, uh, you know, you you're up In the leadership and life can get lonely, right? And it's true You know jesus himself He had those 12 out of those 12 Three of them were his inner circle and only one was there during when he was dying on the cross So yes, it can get lonely. It can get Fury you may get tired emotionally tired physically tired But here's the thing we have god's word with us God's presence with us. We stand back. We don't let the enemy bring us down, right? challenges will come But the ministry will keep going forward. So look at it that way Identify strongholds pull down strongholds not only for other people or people in the church, but also in our own lives Identify things in our life as leaders. We must change. We must grow and uh, and then proclaim the uncompromised gospel, right? And equip people Look at chapter 22. We talked about recognizing your call to be a pioneer uh, you know, it is A person who's a pioneers of visionary That's a stirring in his heart. You know, god has put it the ability to work independently an initiator And you if you feel that you are all of that Could be that you are a pioneer Right now Another aspect another point I'd like to bring out is you may be working in the corporate sector You may be working under a ministry Right, it's all right It's all right, right, but there'll come a time if god Wants you to launch You can launch Right, he will he will he will bring you out. He knows what's best for you Right, and he's able to he's able to but then again We need to be very sensitive to the leading of the holy spirit Um, and so never feel that okay. This is what I am And this is this is what I'm going to do for the rest of my life Yeah, remember that god can open doors which We've not even thought of right, so Recognize your call If it's pioneering wonderful if it's working under a pioneer as a ministry leader associate pastor wonderful Take it up. Right. Even that is a leadership, right? Uh, and some of the wrong reasons is strife competition working as if it's a job Um, you know all of these things, right? Uh, just just make sure that you're In ministry for the right reasons Right, and so even as you make the journey, uh, we talked about this last class making the journey chapter 24 Um Right Stay focused Look at the vision avoid distractions be resilient be strong be persistent um Keep learning keep growing keep developing There will be times when you know people from other ministries will try to uh, you know want to affiliate or You know work together. It's good But also be wise to make the just because it's a christian organization sometimes, you know We say okay for everything. No, right? So in ministry, we must learn to say no gracefully We must be able to ensure that what you're doing in the church is beneficial to the people beneficial to the ministry right Be a steward of what god has given you meaning raise up leaders Uh, look at it as it's not my own, but it's what god has given me Right, uh, encourage others Take care of yourself very important, right? Even as you do ministry take care of yourself Right If we are not in good health what ministry can we do we can't do anything right be weak every time Tired in our mind tired in our body No, take care of your health eat healthy exercise Be strong be mentally strong Well physically strong as well you need it right and ministry Especially as a pioneer the you know when you get into the apostolic stage People will start inviting you from everywhere Right and many a times you will have to go Right because that's that's where your church has come up to now Uh during the initial stage the preparation says nobody's going to invite Because they don't even know who you are right. They're just going to plant the church but After a couple of years or maybe five ten years a decade later People will start inviting you and imagine you want to go but you know this week physically You need to be strong and then Raise up the next generation The day you start your ministry Also prepare and plan to leave on the same day Meaning if I'm moving out who's going to take the ministry who's going to succeed This work that has been planted now remember you're leaving a legacy And you plant a church you're you're doing You're going into the the territory of the enemy and when you're going there you are Bringing down the presence and the glory of god there, which is a powerful thing your work Is honorable in the sight of god It is honorable people may not honor it people may look down on it when god sees it It's honorable night and finally There'll come a time as a pioneer and as a planter as a leader you will have to Step down And hand over it's going to be very hard to do that And it's very very hard to step down and hand over but But we have to do it right with god I can only picture moses Handing over the baton to joshua and saying joshua take the people Into the promised land moses must have said oh man. I wish I could take them I did all the hard work Bringing them out of Egypt Had to listen to all their stories everything all the mistakes that they made And I went up to god. I did everything But he had to stand and watch the people get into the promised land It's hard that that's how god works at times It's all always about moving ahead Going ahead thinking and looking at the future for what we can do god's kingdom And even as we look at the future right never despise those small beginnings never Think okay, I'm I always look forward to the things of god That's wonderful. That should be our vision. That should always be in our heart But also remember from where god brought us This was what I was God by your grace by your mercy You've brought me thus far And I said just you're giving everything to god so All right, so I really enjoy teaching this course. Thank you so much each one of you for Being there throughout this course And I just want to pray over each one of us that god will continue to ministers speak to each of our hearts and That the lord will do great works in and through each one of us That we may be able to plant churches plant ministries And extend his kingdom So before we close in prayer once again, I'll I'll put the final assessment out on google classroom with the due date We can just feel free to answer them and post it back Any questions any thoughts before we close in prayer? Any thoughts any questions? Okay Right. Daphina. Thank you. Okay All right, let's close in prayer right? Let's pray Father we want to thank you so much for this entire course Lord We've learned about urban church planting. We've learned about how You desire what you desire for us lord desire for your city for the nation and the nations Lord, we pray that you will Speak to each of our hearts lord Maybe there's some of us here who Have a bigger vision have a bigger purpose, but there is there are many things that are hindering us It could be money. It could be our time. It could be commitments. It could be anything lord But I pray god that you will In your own divine supernatural way Open doors god Lord you will enable each one of us to fulfill Your plans your purposes Lord that you will put in us that spirit of leadership That we will walk the anointing of the holy spirit That we will walk lord not by our own strength But lord you will empower us you will strengthen us Thank you lord for your word that says Greater is he who is in us than he that is in the world And even as we continue to do what you have called us to do even as we make the journey god I pray god that you will Lord just continue to Speak in and through us May your vision your your purposes be revealed in greater clarity To each of our hearts lord And even as we pursue those visions pursue the plans and purposes that you have for us But lord we will trust in you Lord you're not a god who despises us, but lord You're a god who loves us I pray god that even those who may feel that I've wasted time Lord I pray that you will Redeem time lord restore time That's what you do lord I pray god that there will be a new seal and a new fire a new passion in each of our hearts Thank you lord for teaching us. Thank you for Empowering us. Thank you lord. I pray that you will Lord continue to minister to each one of us and the students. I pray a blessing over each student Whatever plans and purposes that you have lord, I pray you'll bring clarity And bring vision and and hope and strength into their hearts and spirit We thank you father. We give you all the praise We give you all the glory and honor in jesus name. We pray Amen Amen All right. Thank you so much everyone. It's such a joy. It's such a pleasure Teaching you throughout this entire semester. I have a great break and I'll see you next semester. God bless you all God bless